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cynic

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  1. The backside of that headstock is very slick.
  2. I look at these types of projects in the same way I do the space program in that what was learned doing one thing changed how we did things across many different industries. But ffs this thing is hideous.
  3. The tour at Sun tells a longer story, where Elvis had done several sessions at Sun over six months, and while Marion Keisker (who worked the front desk at Sun) repeatedly told Sam that Elvis had something, he wasn't buying it until he eventually heard Elvis do this song.
  4. This is the one. Screw the fancy, give me the goods!
  5. Routing from the rear is only necessary on true one piece necks. As with anything relating to how the guitar is built, you will find camps that love one, hate the other, and many will have "science" to prove why they're right.
  6. It's three wall switches...you can't remember what each does? Great pics...the WPS5 must exude the 'tude.
  7. That's actually a cool idea...a photo or two of the local sightseeing treasure(s) to chronicle its travels.
  8. As shared on Facebook: Neck/Mid vol Bridge vol Master Tone
  9. I'm excited for more photos. 12 pages and only 17 unique pictures of 4 guitars!
  10. "'twas a GREAT day for __________" it is then
  11. Made in W. Germany. Nice throwback.
  12. For those that don't do Facebook, there's never been a better reason to join.
  13. Hence the trouble of not actively gigging. With no focus/setlist, we bedroom players can fall into the trap of thinking we need to own at least one of every guitar used for every style of music.
  14. It depends on the character of the wood for me. I really like something like this, where the lines are random and look quite natural This lacks character and does nothing for me. Unfortunately, many of Hamer's later tops fall into this category.
  15. My point? I hadn't really made one If I were, my point would be that 99.4% (give or take) of the people that are NOT the guitarist playing through their fancy rig (be it SS or valve) don't hear or feel any difference whatsoever, yet will claim to hear "nuance" whether it's there or not. It only matters to the guitarists who already know the "right" way and can't be persuaded. I own and regularly play through an Axe-FX II and a Swart AST. The Swart does maybe 5% of what the Axe is capable of, and the Axe can easily do about 95% of what the Swart can. In terms of what I play, the Swart does well to cover about 30%. The Axe covers 100%. I believe tube works better for some and SS for others, but with as far as modeling technology has come and the resulting versatility, I wouldn't pretend to be so arrogant to say one is better than the other. I do know what's better for me, however, and If anyone wants to buy the Swart, shoot me a PM. The Axe is not for sale I do wonder how the digital signal from one's ipod can benefit so greatly from the presence of a tube power amplifier that it sounds absolutely amazing when the assertion is that the full-signal waveform is so different that the nuance has already been lost.
  16. You're taking something from the "sterile, digital realm" and turning it back into a "living thing" by sending it through the tubes? So you're not really opposed to the Axe FX at all.
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